2012 wasn't a bad year. I slacked off the DX Marathon quest last year and only worked 243 for the year, about 25 fewer than I worked in 2011. I made 9489 QSOs for the year. I worked 3 new DXCC entities (Yemen, Malpelo and Auckland/Campbell) and 117 new DXCC Challenge points (band-countries) were added. This year I intend to snag at least 250 DXCC entities and I'm going to try for 10,000 QSOs if possible.

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www.facebook.com/W2IRTNight gathers and now my watch begins. It shall not end until I reach Top of the Honor Roll.

wonderful year for me,a nice certificate in CQ Marathon and the last the country ( NH8S ) for #1 H.R.280 country and 40 zone , 320 pointas all in cw in 2012

Congratulations on #1HR!

I worked 258 DXCC countries in 2012, along with 202 for the Diamond.

I'm quite pleased with all the trans--polar stuff I've been able to work--you don't necessarily need to be on the water or on a mountain to work XX9 (4 bands), JT(4 bands), 9N1, VK9X, VK9C, VU7, A5, XU, and 1S.

Set myself a target of 200 on 12m in the year.... just managed it with 201, close run thing with my mast/antenna blown down at the end of November, lost nearly a month and I was stuck on 198 up until a week before xmas. Digging out a new base and concreting was an experience in December! Aslo Managed 200 on 10m for second year running.

Year total was 261, missed out on ZL9 and 7P while antennas were down.... although I was on vacation for much of ZL9 activity.

It was obviously a good year for me for 12m. That is a great band. Missed PT0S altogether, could have used them on CW. Most of all, it was fun! Even got 5 new grids on 6m, 6 new grids and a new state (Conn.) on 2m.

I made a stab at Diamond DXCC. Though it wasn't my best effort because I found out late, and other reasons, I did not make it. I had 116 entities. However, after I started the application on Dec 26, I found that most of those (like Yugoslavia) were dupes or multiples that only counted for one, and I was reduced to 82! LOL. Too damn late for catching up !

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